Wifi seen but not connecting
 

I have a HP Compaq Presario CQ62-413NR. I have tried using many different distro's and I have the same problem. The networks will be seen and it will start to connect then it immediately gets disconnected. Tried everything on the Ubuntu forum and still nothing. The wifi works flawlessly with Windows though. The wireless card is an Atheros AR9285. I currently have Deepin Linux dual booted on my laptop with no Pro. Drivers for the card available in the settings. If anyone would like to assist me in getting this issue resolved I would greatly appreciate it. I am loving Linux OS!

Have you tried with linux Mint? try both 32&64bit version.. last resort: install windows drivers in ndiswrapper..

4 ways to get wifi working on Linux

Don't know 'Deepin Linux', but looks like a driver issue. Atheros do do some linux friendly wireless chips and Mint has software that works with a lot of proprietry wireless chips.
I tend to run a search for that (support) in 'synaptic package manager' to see if it is supported and install the required software from there, don't forget to right click and look into 'properties' if software is listed.
Also look at rfkill from a terminal.

Fred.

Hi,

the AR9285 is supposed to work with the standard ath9k driver. I think it would help if you can expand on the statement:
Exactly what do you do, and what errors are reported? Have you tried this on different wireless networks? What sort of wireless networks have you tried? Are you using the ath9k driver?

Evo2.

NewUbuntu121,

I know nothing about Deepin but Dedoimedo seems to rate it highly.

I am currently using Linux Mint 17 MATE on an HP 255 G3 laptop which uses the Atheros AR9285 wifi card. No modifications were required. The wifi works perfectly straight out of the box.

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/l...laptop-review/


Atheros AR9285 problems appear to have been solved on these two threads:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2211168

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2210254

There's firmware for those things that might not be installed by default.

# apt-get install firmware-atheros
(for debian jessie)

Check the output of dmesg for any warnings. Probably about missing firmware.

Reply too all :) thanks!!
 

Well I legit tried every suggestion on this thread y'all left. I appreciate your help. Nothing has worked so far. The only thing I have not tried is changing the router settings which is something I am working on right now. I got rid of Deepin and installed Linux Mint 17 Qiana Mate as suggested and currently connected with ethernet cable. Here is my system info for any further suggestion which is litterally more than appreciated because I am loving Linux Os's. Thank you again.


======== Wireless-Info START ========

System-Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

angel-Presario-CQ62-Notebook-PC 3.13.0-24-generic i686, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, qiana

CPU : AMD V160 Processor
Memory : 1757 MB
Uptime : 17:47:20 up 4:15, 2 users, load average: 0.44, 0.17, 0.09


lspci ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company U98Z062.12 802.11bgn Wireless Half-size Mini PCIe Card [103c:3040]
Kernel driver in use: ath9k
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1444]
Kernel driver in use: r8169


lsusb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 064e:f203 Suyin Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub


PCMCIA Card Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



iwconfig ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off



rfkill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Interface Soft blocked Hard blocked
0: phy0: Wireless LAN no no


lsmod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

hp_wmi 13702 0
sparse_keymap 13708 1 hp_wmi
ath9k 144602 0
ath9k_common 13359 1 ath9k
ath9k_hw 438205 2 ath9k_common,ath9k
ath 23922 3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw
mac80211 545990 1 ath9k
cfg80211 409394 3 ath,ath9k,mac80211
wmi 18673 1 hp_wmi


module parameters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ath9k (5): blink=0 | bt_ant_diversity=0 | btcoex_enable=0 | nohwcrypt=0 | ps_enable=0
cfg80211 (2): cfg80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz=N | ieee80211_regdom=00
mac80211 (5): beacon_loss_count=7 | ieee80211_default_rc_algo=minstrel_ht | max_nullfunc_tries=2 | max_probe_tries=5 | probe_wait_ms=500
wmi (2): debug_dump_wdg=N | debug_event=N

Hi,
Ok, but if you answer the questions asked we may be able to help you.

Evo2.

Could you send us the output from:

By the way, Arch has some useful information about wireless network configuration:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php..._driver_status

Also, Debian has info on Atheros 802.11n PCI/PCI-E supported devices (ath9k):

https://wiki.debian.org/ath9k

PCI: 168C:002B Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express).

dmesg | grep firmware doesn't do anything...

ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 98:4b:e1:9a:7f:8d
inet addr:192.168.0.4 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::9a4b:e1ff:fe9a:7f8d/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1610 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1668 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1228310 (1.2 MB) TX bytes:434108 (434.1 KB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:297 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:297 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:25251 (25.2 KB) TX bytes:25251 (25.2 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:00:4e:30:43:2e
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for angel:
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 90:00:4e:30:43:2e
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=3.13.0-24-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:17 memory:90100000-9010ffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 98:4b:e1:9a:7f:8d
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.0.4 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:42 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:90010000-90010fff memory:90000000-9000ffff memory:90020000-9002ffff

Alrighty finally got the dmesg info here it is...

[ 1.619462] ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (on-line)
[ 1.619579] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0
[ 1.619583] ACPI: Power Button [PWRB]
[ 1.619631] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input1
[ 1.619998] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 1.620077] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input2
[ 1.620081] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
[ 1.620120] ACPI: processor limited to max C-state 1
[ 1.620532] [Firmware Bug]: Invalid critical threshold (0)
[ 1.622024] thermal LNXTHERM:00: registered as thermal_zone0
[ 1.622029] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (59 C)
[ 1.622067] GHES: HEST is not enabled!
[ 1.622270] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 32 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[ 1.623655] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[ 1.625190] brd: module loaded
[ 1.625771] loop: module loaded
[ 1.626142] libphy: Fixed MDIO Bus: probed
[ 1.626228] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
[ 1.626230] tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
[ 1.626257] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[ 1.626293] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[ 1.626296] ehci-pci: EHCI PCI platform driver
[ 1.626473] QUIRK: Enable AMD PLL fix
[ 1.626500] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: EHCI Host Controller
[ 1.626506] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 1.626511] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: applying AMD SB700/SB800/Hudson-2/3 EHCI dummy qh workaround
[ 1.626522] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: debug port 1
[ 1.626568] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: irq 17, io mem 0x90408600
[ 1.626596] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
[ 1.680911] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 1.680987] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 1.680989] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.680991] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 1.680993] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic ehci_hcd
[ 1.680995] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:12.2
[ 1.681103] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.681111] hub 1-0:1.0: 5 ports detected
[ 1.681352] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: EHCI Host Controller
[ 1.681357] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[ 1.681361] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: applying AMD SB700/SB800/Hudson-2/3 EHCI dummy qh workaround
[ 1.681371] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: debug port 1
[ 1.681398] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: irq 17, io mem 0x90408500
[ 1.730144] ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 1.730185] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 1.730187] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.730188] usb usb2: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 1.730190] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic ehci_hcd
[ 1.730192] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:13.2
[ 1.730269] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.730275] hub 2-0:1.0: 5 ports detected
[ 1.730517] ehci-pci 0000:00:16.2: EHCI Host Controller
[ 1.730521] ehci-pci 0000:00:16.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[ 1.730525] ehci-pci 0000:00:16.2: applying AMD SB700/SB800/Hudson-2/3 EHCI dummy qh workaround
[ 1.730535] ehci-pci 0000:00:16.2: debug port 1
[ 1.730564] ehci-pci 0000:00:16.2: irq 17, io mem 0x90408400
[ 1.779261] ehci-pci 0000:00:16.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 1.969211] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.969234] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 1.969236] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.969237] usb usb3: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 1.969239] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic ehci_hcd
[ 1.969241] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:16.2
[ 1.969316] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.969321] hub 3-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
[ 1.969439] ehci-platform: EHCI generic platform driver
[ 1.969450] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[ 1.969451] ohci-pci: OHCI PCI platform driver
[ 1.969562] ohci-pci 0000:00:12.0: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 1.969567] ohci-pci 0000:00:12.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[ 1.969589] ohci-pci 0000:00:12.0: irq 18, io mem 0x90407000
[ 1.982665] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
[ 2.028758] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 2.028762] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 2.028765] usb usb4: Product: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 2.028767] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic ohci_hcd
[ 2.028768] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:12.0
[ 2.028894] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.028907] hub 4-0:1.0: 5 ports detected
[ 2.029178] ohci-pci 0000:00:13.0: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 2.029183] ohci-pci 0000:00:13.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
[ 2.029201] ohci-pci 0000:00:13.0: irq 18, io mem 0x90406000
[ 2.088794] usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 2.088799] usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 2.088801] usb usb5: Product: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 2.088802] usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic ohci_hcd
[ 2.088804] usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:13.0
[ 2.088924] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.088936] hub 5-0:1.0: 5 ports detected
[ 2.089192] ohci-pci 0000:00:14.5: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 2.089197] ohci-pci 0000:00:14.5: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
[ 2.089214] ohci-pci 0000:00:14.5: irq 18, io mem 0x90405000
[ 2.148835] usb usb6: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 2.148839] usb usb6: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 2.148841] usb usb6: Product: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 2.148843] usb usb6: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic ohci_hcd
[ 2.148845] usb usb6: SerialNumber: 0000:00:14.5
[ 2.148970] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.148983] hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 2.149215] ohci-pci 0000:00:16.0: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 2.149221] ohci-pci 0000:00:16.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
[ 2.149236] ohci-pci 0000:00:16.0: irq 18, io mem 0x90404000
[ 2.180851] usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 2.208842] usb usb7: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 2.208846] usb usb7: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 2.208848] usb usb7: Product: OHCI PCI host controller
[ 2.208850] usb usb7: Manufacturer: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic ohci_hcd
[ 2.208852] usb usb7: SerialNumber: 0000:00:16.0
[ 2.208981] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.208993] hub 7-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
[ 2.209115] ohci-platform: OHCI generic platform driver
[ 2.209130] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
[ 2.209201] i8042: PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f13:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[ 2.228564] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[ 2.228569] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[ 2.228656] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[ 2.229691] rtc_cmos 00:04: RTC can wake from S4
[ 2.229785] rtc_cmos 00:04: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[ 2.229808] rtc_cmos 00:04: alarms up to one day, 114 bytes nvram, hpet irqs
[ 2.229869] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
[ 2.229913] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.27.0-ioctl (2013-10-30) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
[ 2.229929] platform eisa.0: Probing EISA bus 0
[ 2.229932] platform eisa.0: EISA: Cannot allocate resource for mainboard
[ 2.229934] platform eisa.0: Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 1
[ 2.229936] platform eisa.0: Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 2
[ 2.229938] platform eisa.0: Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 3
[ 2.229940] platform eisa.0: Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 4
[ 2.229942] platform eisa.0: Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 5
[ 2.229944] platform eisa.0: Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 6
[ 2.229946] platform eisa.0: Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 7
[ 2.229947] platform eisa.0: Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 8
[ 2.229949] platform eisa.0: EISA: Detected 0 cards
[ 2.229955] cpufreq-nforce2: No nForce2 chipset.
[ 2.229960] ledtrig-cpu: registered to indicate activity on CPUs
[ 2.230075] TCP: cubic registered
[ 2.230155] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[ 2.230324] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[ 2.230333] Key type dns_resolver registered
[ 2.230447] Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
[ 2.230498] Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates
[ 2.233877] tsc: Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 2394.004 MHz
[ 2.234099] Loaded X.509 cert 'Magrathea: Glacier signing key: 5682f337b8a0a17eef58c6ac5e9a85712c9208df'
[ 2.234111] registered taskstats version 1
[ 2.236299] Key type trusted registered
[ 2.238341] Key type encrypted registered
[ 2.240199] AppArmor: AppArmor sha1 policy hashing enabled
[ 2.240204] IMA: No TPM chip found, activating TPM-bypass!
[ 2.240447] regulator-dummy: disabling
[ 2.240487] Magic number: 15:618:231
[ 2.240590] rtc_cmos 00:04: setting system clock to 2015-01-28 13:13:43 UTC (1422450823)
[ 2.240661] acpi-cpufreq: overriding BIOS provided _PSD data
[ 2.240693] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.240694] EDD information not available.
[ 2.240741] PM: Hibernation image not present or could not be loaded.
[ 2.241195] Freeing unused kernel memory: 872K (c19ae000 - c1a88000)
[ 2.241231] Write protecting the kernel text: 6512k
[ 2.241287] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 2756k
[ 2.241288] NX-protecting the kernel data: 5776k
[ 2.253494] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input3
[ 2.260381] systemd-udevd[92]: starting version 204
[ 2.310878] wmi: Mapper loaded
[ 2.315680] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=064e, idProduct=f203
[ 2.315684] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 2.315687] usb 1-3: Product: HP Webcam-101
[ 2.315689] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: SuYin
[ 2.315690] usb 1-3: SerialNumber: HF0317-J311-SE011-VH-R04.02.01
[ 2.316789] ACPI: Video Device [VGA] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
[ 2.360682] ahci 0000:00:11.0: version 3.0
[ 2.364852] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[ 2.365533] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
[ 2.365544] r8169 0000:03:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control
[ 2.370807] r8169 0000:03:00.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 2.371244] ahci 0000:00:11.0: AHCI 0001.0200 32 slots 2 ports 3 Gbps 0x3 impl SATA mode
[ 2.371248] ahci 0000:00:11.0: flags: 64bit ncq sntf ilck pm led clo pmp pio slum part
[ 2.373527] r8169 0000:03:00.0 eth0: RTL8102e at 0xf8422000, 98:4b:e1:9a:7f:8d, XID 04e00000 IRQ 42
[ 2.388113] scsi0 : ahci
[ 2.392949] scsi1 : ahci
[ 2.393009] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0x90408000 port 0x90408100 irq 19
[ 2.393013] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0x90408000 port 0x90408180 irq 19
[ 2.398232] acpi device:04: registered as cooling_device1
[ 2.398300] input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A08:00/device:01/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input5
[ 2.424982] usb 3-2: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 2.576233] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
[ 2.576314] checking generic (80000000 410000) vs hw (80000000 10000000)
[ 2.576316] fb: conflicting fb hw usage radeondrmfb vs VESA VGA - removing generic driver
[ 2.576337] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[ 2.576922] [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (RS880 0x1002:0x9712 0x103C:0x1444).
[ 2.576941] [drm] register mmio base: 0x90300000
[ 2.576942] [drm] register mmio size: 65536
[ 2.578278] ATOM BIOS: HP_JoYaHeWi
[ 2.578301] radeon 0000:01:05.0: VRAM: 256M 0x00000000C0000000 - 0x00000000CFFFFFFF (256M used)
[ 2.578304] radeon 0000:01:05.0: GTT: 512M 0x00000000A0000000 - 0x00000000BFFFFFFF
[ 2.578309] [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=256M, BAR=256M
[ 2.578310] [drm] RAM width 32bits DDR
[ 2.578362] [TTM] Zone kernel: Available graphics memory: 441506 kiB
[ 2.578363] [TTM] Zone highmem: Available graphics memory: 899896 kiB
[ 2.578364] [TTM] Initializing pool allocator
[ 2.578368] [TTM] Initializing DMA pool allocator
[ 2.578390] [drm] radeon: 256M of VRAM memory ready
[ 2.578391] [drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready.
[ 2.578398] [drm] Loading RS780 Microcode
[ 2.578464] [drm] GART: num cpu pages 131072, num gpu pages 131072
[ 2.592750] [drm] PCIE GART of 512M enabled (table at 0x00000000C0040000).
[ 2.592821] radeon 0000:01:05.0: WB enabled
[ 2.592824] radeon 0000:01:05.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x00000000a0000c00 and cpu addr 0xffc21c00
[ 2.592827] radeon 0000:01:05.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x00000000a0000c0c and cpu addr 0xffc21c0c
[ 2.592829] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013).
[ 2.592830] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
[ 2.592846] [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
[ 2.625088] [drm] ring test on 0 succeeded in 1 usecs
[ 2.625146] [drm] ring test on 3 succeeded in 1 usecs
[ 2.625238] [drm] Enabling audio 0 support
[ 2.625256] [drm] ib test on ring 0 succeeded in 0 usecs
[ 2.625271] [drm] ib test on ring 3 succeeded in 0 usecs
[ 2.625838] [drm] radeon atom DIG backlight initialized
[ 2.625840] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
[ 2.625842] [drm] Connector 0:
[ 2.625843] [drm] VGA-1
[ 2.625845] [drm] DDC: 0x7e40 0x7e40 0x7e44 0x7e44 0x7e48 0x7e48 0x7e4c 0x7e4c
[ 2.625846] [drm] Encoders:
[ 2.625847] [drm] CRT1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_DAC1
[ 2.625848] [drm] Connector 1:
[ 2.625849] [drm] LVDS-1
[ 2.625851] [drm] DDC: 0x7e50 0x7e50 0x7e54 0x7e54 0x7e58 0x7e58 0x7e5c 0x7e5c
[ 2.625852] [drm] Encoders:
[ 2.625853] [drm] LCD1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_LVTMA
[ 2.625854] [drm] Connector 2:
[ 2.625855] [drm] HDMI-A-1
[ 2.625856] [drm] HPD1
[ 2.625858] [drm] DDC: 0x7e20 0x7e20 0x7e24 0x7e24 0x7e28 0x7e28 0x7e2c 0x7e2c
[ 2.625859] [drm] Encoders:
[ 2.625860] [drm] DFP1: INTERNAL_UNIPHY
[ 2.625935] [drm] radeon: power management initialized
[ 2.820403] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=0158
[ 2.820408] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 2.820410] usb 3-2: Product: USB2.0-CRW
[ 2.820412] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Generic
[ 2.820414] usb 3-2: SerialNumber: 20071114173400000
[ 2.834135] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 2.838583] ums-realtek 3-2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 2.849696] scsi2 : usb-storage 3-2:1.0
[ 2.849878] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-realtek
[ 2.905295] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 2.905326] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 2.908030] ata1.00: ATA-8: WDC WD3200BPVT-22JJ5T0, 01.01A01, max UDMA/133
[ 2.908036] ata1.00: 625142448 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
[ 2.908982] ata2.00: ATAPI: hp DVDRAM GT31L, MR52, max UDMA/100
[ 2.909960] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 2.910090] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD3200BPVT-2 01.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 2.910281] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte logical blocks: (320 GB/298 GiB)
[ 2.910283] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 4096-byte physical blocks
[ 2.910326] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 2.910329] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 2.910348] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 2.910531] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[ 2.913062] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
[ 2.916026] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM hp DVDRAM GT31L MR52 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 2.920101] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 2.920106] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 2.920454] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 2.920549] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[ 2.960596] sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 >
[ 2.960916] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 3.233529] Switched to clocksource tsc
[ 3.614547] [drm] fb mappable at 0x80141000
[ 3.614550] [drm] vram apper at 0x80000000
[ 3.614552] [drm] size 4325376
[ 3.614553] [drm] fb depth is 24
[ 3.614554] [drm] pitch is 5632
[ 3.614684] fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[ 3.661780] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[ 3.672939] radeon 0000:01:05.0: fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
[ 3.672941] radeon 0000:01:05.0: registered panic notifier
[ 3.673882] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.36.0 20080528 for 0000:01:05.0 on minor 0
[ 3.859459] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic- Multi-Card 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[ 3.860268] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 3.898737] psmouse serio1: synaptics: Touchpad model: 1, fw: 7.4, id: 0x1e0b1, caps: 0xd04773/0xe40000/0xa0400, board id: 3655, fw id: 639099
[ 3.979087] input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6
[ 4.013141] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[ 4.580272] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 15431680 512-byte logical blocks: (7.90 GB/7.35 GiB)
[ 4.581236] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 4.581242] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[ 4.582277] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[ 4.582282] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 4.585901] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[ 4.585906] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 4.586661] sdb: sdb1
[ 4.589655] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[ 4.589660] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 4.589663] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 4.651666] random: nonblocking pool is initialized
[ 7.035453] Adding 1828860k swap on /dev/sda5. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1828860k FS
[ 7.876296] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 8.184222] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[ 8.270322] systemd-udevd[347]: starting version 204
[ 9.360438] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 9.413012] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 10.729541] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
[ 10.773048] ACPI Warning: 0x00000b00-0x00000b07 SystemIO conflicts with Region \_SB_.PCI0.SMBS.SMBI 1 (20131115/utaddress-251)
[ 10.773058] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[ 10.890821] sp5100_tco: SP5100/SB800 TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v0.05
[ 10.890930] sp5100_tco: PCI Revision ID: 0x42
[ 10.891004] sp5100_tco: Using 0xfed80b00 for watchdog MMIO address
[ 10.891016] sp5100_tco: Last reboot was not triggered by watchdog.
[ 10.891086] sp5100_tco: initialized (0xf8434b00). heartbeat=60 sec (nowayout=0)
[ 10.903088] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.6.0 loaded
[ 11.045443] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 11.470446] kvm: disabled by bios
[ 11.747691] ath9k: unknown parameter 'nohwcrpyt' ignored
[ 11.798145] ath: phy0: Enable LNA combining
[ 11.801119] ath: phy0: ASPM enabled: 0x43
[ 11.801123] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x60
[ 11.801124] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 11.801127] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 11.801128] ath: Regpair used: 0x60
[ 11.938844] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[ 11.939242] ieee80211 phy0: Atheros AR9285 Rev:2 mem=0xf8780000, irq=17
[ 12.082361] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 12.109258] hda-intel 0000:00:14.2: Using LPIB position fix
[ 12.113955] hda-intel 0000:00:14.2: Enable sync_write for stable communication
[ 12.260783] SKU: Nid=0x1d sku_cfg=0x4017992d
[ 12.260787] SKU: port_connectivity=0x1
[ 12.260789] SKU: enable_pcbeep=0x1
[ 12.260790] SKU: check_sum=0x00000007
[ 12.260791] SKU: customization=0x00000099
[ 12.260792] SKU: external_amp=0x5
[ 12.260793] SKU: platform_type=0x1
[ 12.260794] SKU: swap=0x0
[ 12.260795] SKU: override=0x1
[ 12.261043] autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0x14/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:speaker
[ 12.261045] speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 12.261046] hp_outs=1 (0x21/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
[ 12.261047] mono: mono_out=0x0
[ 12.261048] inputs:
[ 12.261050] Internal Mic=0x19
[ 12.261051] Mic=0x18
[ 12.261053] realtek: No valid SSID, checking pincfg 0x4017992d for NID 0x1d
[ 12.261054] realtek: Enabling init ASM_ID=0x992d CODEC_ID=10ec0270
[ 12.269576] input: HDA ATI SB Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card0/input8
[ 12.270463] input: HDA ATI SB Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card0/input7
[ 12.272410] hda-intel 0000:01:05.1: Using LPIB position fix
[ 12.275614] hda-intel 0000:01:05.1: Enable sync_write for stable communication
[ 12.303300] HDMI ATI/AMD: no speaker allocation for ELD
[ 12.303377] input: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:05.1/sound/card1/input9
[ 12.375316] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device HP Webcam-101 (064e:f203)
[ 12.378294] input: HP Webcam-101 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0/input/input10
[ 12.379260] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 12.379262] USB Video Class driver (1.1.1)
[ 13.631674] hp_wmi: unknown parameter 'wireless' ignored
[ 13.637132] ACPI Error: Field [D128] at 1040 exceeds Buffer [NULL] size 160 (bits) (20131115/dsopcode-236)
[ 13.637140] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.HWMC] (Node f4433300), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20131115/psparse-536)
[ 13.637149] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.WMAD] (Node f4433420), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20131115/psparse-536)
[ 13.637180] ACPI Error: Field [D128] at 1040 exceeds Buffer [NULL] size 160 (bits) (20131115/dsopcode-236)
[ 13.637184] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.HWMC] (Node f4433300), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20131115/psparse-536)
[ 13.637189] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.WMAD] (Node f4433420), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20131115/psparse-536)
[ 13.640742] input: HP WMI hotkeys as /devices/virtual/input/input11
[ 13.645157] ACPI Error: Field [D128] at 1040 exceeds Buffer [NULL] size 160 (bits) (20131115/dsopcode-236)
[ 13.645167] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.HWMC] (Node f4433300), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20131115/psparse-536)
[ 13.645176] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.WMAD] (Node f4433420), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20131115/psparse-536)
[ 13.645205] ACPI Error: Field [D128] at 1040 exceeds Buffer [NULL] size 160 (bits) (20131115/dsopcode-236)
[ 13.645209] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.HWMC] (Node f4433300), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20131115/psparse-536)
[ 13.645214] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.WMID.WMAD] (Node f4433420), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT (20131115/psparse-536)
[ 14.332661] init: failsafe main process (570) killed by TERM signal
[ 14.781225] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 14.781230] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 14.781233] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 14.781235] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 14.781237] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 14.781238] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 14.781240] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 16.527392] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.17
[ 16.527470] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[ 16.527472] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 16.527480] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 16.527482] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 16.527487] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 16.862844] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 16.862857] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 16.862863] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[ 16.937533] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 16.937538] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 16.937548] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[ 17.217787] init: cups main process (721) killed by HUP signal
[ 17.217800] init: cups main process ended, respawning
[ 21.291704] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 21.292160] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 21.305825] r8169 0000:03:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 21.305964] r8169 0000:03:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 21.306026] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 21.306483] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 23.017320] r8169 0000:03:00.0 eth0: link up
[ 23.017332] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 25.696502] init: samba-ad-dc main process (840) terminated with status 1
[ 33.398730] init: plymouth-upstart-bridge main process ended, respawning
[ 1009.209341] perf samples too long (2503 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000
[ 3700.224878] FAT-fs (sdb1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.
[ 4160.316066] SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, realtime, large block/inode numbers, no debug enabled
[ 4160.416653] JFS: nTxBlock = 8192, nTxLock = 65536
[ 4160.512264] NTFS driver 2.1.30 [Flags: R/O MODULE].
[ 4160.660997] QNX4 filesystem 0.2.3 registered.
[ 4160.736618] xor: measuring software checksum speed
[ 4160.772752] pIII_sse : 7437.000 MB/sec
[ 4160.812776] prefetch64-sse: 7757.000 MB/sec
[ 4160.812778] xor: using function: prefetch64-sse (7757.000 MB/sec)
[ 4160.912843] raid6: mmxx1 2000 MB/s
[ 4160.980886] raid6: mmxx2 3760 MB/s
[ 4161.048977] raid6: sse1x1 596 MB/s
[ 4161.116989] raid6: sse1x2 1109 MB/s
[ 4161.185018] raid6: sse2x1 1136 MB/s
[ 4161.253064] raid6: sse2x2 1995 MB/s
[ 4161.321097] raid6: int32x1 1003 MB/s
[ 4161.389162] raid6: int32x2 997 MB/s
[ 4161.457215] raid6: int32x4 886 MB/s
[ 4161.525263] raid6: int32x8 694 MB/s
[ 4161.525265] raid6: using algorithm mmxx2 (3760 MB/s)
[ 4161.525266] raid6: using intx1 recovery algorithm
[ 4161.602875] bio: create slab <bio-1> at 1
[ 4161.607735] Btrfs loaded
[ 4742.962740] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[ 4742.962754] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[13678.264792] r8169 0000:03:00.0 eth0: link down
[13682.573482] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[13687.322251] wlan0: authenticate with 48:5a:b6:7d:31:74
[13687.338587] wlan0: direct probe to 48:5a:b6:7d:31:74 (try 1/3)
[13687.540885] wlan0: direct probe to 48:5a:b6:7d:31:74 (try 2/3)
[13687.745033] wlan0: direct probe to 48:5a:b6:7d:31:74 (try 3/3)
[13687.949175] wlan0: authentication with 48:5a:b6:7d:31:74 timed out
[13715.702140] r8169 0000:03:00.0 eth0: link up
[13715.702159] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready

From the above information, there is no block on wireless (wlan0), but there is still no wifi signal (RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)).

dmesg output shows that there is No valid SSID.

It appears from iwconfig that you have not configured the wireless settings in your router. There is no SSID/ESSID (Network Name) shown.

You need to access your router's settings via your browser and configure wireless correctly.

Here are the instructions for a Netgear DG834G router, which may be useful.
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Netgear DG834G

A. LOGIN TO THE ROUTER USING THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BELOW: -

1. Using a wired connection between the router and pc, open internet browser and type in the address bar http://192.168.0.1
2. For security reasons, when prompted for user name/password, key in user name as 'admin' and password as 'password' (unless you have changed it). This opens a web-based interface on the screen.

B. CONFIGURE THE WIRELESS SETTINGS OF THE ROUTER USING THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BELOW: -
1. Click on ‘Wireless Settings’ under ‘Setup’ on the left hand column on the screen.
2. Under Network Name (SSID), type in caesar961 or whatever).
3. Select your region, select channel.
4. Under ‘Mode’, select the G and B (OR N ) option.
5. Under “Wireless Access Point”, ‘Enable Wireless Access Point’ should be ticked, ‘Allow Broadcast of Name’ (SSID) should be ticked and ‘Wireless Isolation’ should be unticked.
6. Under security options, select WPA2-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key).
7. In “Passphrase” box, key in any 8 to 32/63-digit, case-sensitive, set of letters and numbers. Hit ‘Apply’.
9. When it comes back to the same page, click on ‘Setup Access List’ under “Wireless Station Access List”.

Note:
The tick box that says ‘Turn Access Control On’ must be UNticked (UNchecked).
Hit ‘Apply’ and then logout.

Now disconnect the wired connection and switch on the computer's wireless switch.

Switch on laptop and enter wifi key when prompted.
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What is the make/model of your router?

If your router has a separate ON/OFF switch for wireless, do make sure that it is switched ON.

Whilst handling a router I have accidentally touched its wireless switch and then wondered why the wifi was not working! It is so easily done.

The linked worked. I just don't have the username or password for it. Now the network is seen on the list of Wireless Networks with this Linux Mint 17 Qiana Mate. The other computer in the home are running windows and the Wifi is working out perfectly fine. Could there be another issue or way to get Linux Mint too possibly connect to the Network without accessing the router???? Thanks for everyones help with this issue by the way. Much appreciated!!!

I am a bit confused by your reply.

Have you actually connected to the internet via the Linux Mint laptop's wireless?

If the network (SSID) is seen on the Mint laptop (e.g. caesar961), then enter the same wifi key that the Windows machines are using.

Every router can be reset to its default username and password but you need to look at the manufacturer's handbook to learn how to do this for your particular router.

With the Netgear DG834G you hold down 2 buttons to reset to the default router username and password:
username: admin
password: password.

List of default router usernames and passwords:
http://www.routerpasswords.com/

I do not want you to upset the existing wifi to the Windows machines, so please tread carefully.

If in doubt, leave the router alone!

beachboy,

Changing the router settings worked like a charm! enabled "AP Isolate" on the router and boom it worked! Thank you so much. I appreciate your help! I will mark this thread as [Solved]!